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You can't miss the sight of those white-flowered trees each spring - or their unpleasant smell either. Here's why they seem ...
An unassuming dogwood tree outside Camp David became the solution to a devastating disease. A University of Tennessee professor found it.
Several species of native flowering trees are currently in bloom, adding beauty to the spring landscape. These trees, including Pinxter Azaleas, Japanese magnolias, and Carolina Silverbells ...
Clay Doggett proposed a resolution urging the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture to complete a comprehensive study about the effect of Bradford pear trees on agriculture and ...
You may love them for their showering white canopy or hate their pungent smell, but this spring is the final show for York’s iconic white flowering Bradford Pear trees. Here since the 1970s ...
Tennessee has not taken that step yet ... Ironically, the foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators. The unpleasant smell lingers until the white ...